tyre kickers

Apr 24, 2007 10 Replies

I saw the following advert:



Landrover Defender 90 300tdi truck cab. Ebbwvale, Gwent Excellent vehicle, great looker, no dents, mechanically good chassis and bulkhead good, resprayed in 2k paint in Landrover portabello red. Loads of stainless steel extras. New back exhaust, new servo, new vacume pump, new alloys and tyres. Real head turner. 10 months mot, taxed =A36,000 ono. No tyre kickers.



My question is this: It all looks good, but I am worried about the lack of "tyre kickers". Is the car road legal without them? Can one buy them separately? What exactly do they do?



"Tyre kickers" are similar to "canvassers", it's not illegal to drive without them, but it is more productive. Sadly it's not illegal to drive over them, but this is surely just a matter of time.

If you want any tyre kickers or canvassers, put an advert in the local paper for anything at all to get canvassers, or a car to get tyre kickers.

I think they should be a brand of waffle boards. :-)

Lee D

Tyre kickers are available the Saloon Bar (or Posh End for knocked-through) of Pubs. Also known as Total World Authority Talkers, they will have intimate knowlegde of every car ever built, despite only ever having "owned" whatever car the company provides. While not actually compulsory, they are highly reccommended as they are far more au fait with automotive design that any engineer working in the industry, have far better knowledge of MOT regulations than any Tester and are more than happy to assist the Police with any queries regarding motoring law.

They can be installed in your vehicle semi-permenently, but can be rather irritating unless secured with gaffer tape.

Richard

Close relative of "teeth suckers" as in (sucks air through front teeth) "you didn't want to do that!"

Derek

Often one and the same, as most models are switchable between any subject. These more advanced models can be identifed by system quirk that introduces golf into any subject.

Richard

Not to be installed alongside MotherInLaw v. 2.0 - compatibility issues.

Mind you that's to be avoided anyway, causes a nasty whining sound from the rear of the vehicle.

Easily cured with gaffer tape, though.

or getting them to inspect the diffs while moving :-)

Si

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